“Newspaper Job Cuts Surged 30 Percent in 2011”

"Nearly 1 in 3 newsroom jobs have been eliminated since the number of journalists peaked at 56,900 in 1989, according to an annual survey by the American Society of News Editors. At the end of 2010, only 41,600 scribes were left on the industry’s payrolls", states Alan D. Mutter in his "Reflections of a Newsosaur".